Photography: The Pro and the Con

THE PRO: Photographer Martin Schall enjoyed a tour of non-downtown locations courtesy of LAO's Kevin Roderick. It opened a whole new world to, Martin, the honorary Angeleno:

"First we drove up Sawtelle Avenue — he didn't know the Japanese district, or know of Sawtelle's past
as a city of saloons and gambling halls. Good start. It got better when
we took him into the VA reservation astride Wilshire Boulevard. Martin
jumped out to take pictures of the National Register of Historic Places
chapel, the oldest surviving building on Wilshire and occupied by
separate Catholic and Protestant chapels, but sadly looking more
decrepit than ever. He was delighted to grab shots of other VA
buildings, since he hadn't known it was OK to just drive in and explore
the federal grounds.

THE CON: Not so fortunate was Discarted, a blogger / photographer cuffed by Los Angeles County Sheriffs.

On October 31, 2009 while on my way home from the Hollywood and
Highland area, I was unlawfully detained for 25 minutes by LASD
Officers Richard Gylfie #2955 and Bayes #456 for taking two photographs
of the turnstiles located at the Hollywood and Western Metro Station —
an act that is completely legal and occurred in public space.

His video is bound to be viral, yes, he had a camera rolling. More POV by David Markland.